I found a Viking when I was in China.
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Electors – Constitution Article 2 §1.2
Welcome to Article 2 of the Constitution, which deals with the Executive branch of government. Last week I started with establishing the presidency in Section 1, Clause 1. This week, naturally, is about Article 2 §1.2. When I was a kid, this was a boring clause. I remember a middle school teacher saying, “Well, technically we don’t elect the president, the Electoral College does, but it works out the same.”
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China Rose
Roses are so evocative of the English garden, it’s easy to forget that garden roses originated in China.
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Book Report: The Kiss Quotient
This spring it felt like every bookish social media account I follow was raving about The Kiss Quotient, the debut novel by Helen Hoang. The premise was charming – a gender-flipped Pretty Woman starring a mixed-race man and an autistic woman. The backstory (you know how I can’t resist a good backstory) involved the author locating herself on the spectrum through research for the novel. It was only a matter of time until I read it. Read More
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Vested in a President – Constitution Article 2 §1.1
Oh frabjous day! After 13 months of studying the Constitution, I’m moving on to Article 2 today. Article 2 is the part of the Constitution that deals with the Executive branch of government. This should be interesting. Article 2 §1.1 establishes the Presidency.